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, 1887-08-12

People talk about the mild winters
here, and the thermometer confirms their
statements, for the mercury rarely sinks
below the freezing point. However, in
these matters one prefers to trust to his
feelings, and / can state positively from
experience that a Paris winter to a stu
dent in one of these old hotels is a very
serious matter. 1t is simply a continual
abomination of three months duration.
Tho dampness penetrates to the very
bones, and what is worse than all, you
never get thoroughly warmed. They
consider a room hot at go degrees, and
so degrees is not uncommon. The result
is that you are chilled in going out, and
so feel the cold much more keenly. You
naturally try to get your room warmer,
but you can't do it. The more coal you
put in n CRATE the moro the heat flies up
the chimney.
The fact is the houses in the old por-
tons of the city are not made at all for
comfort. They are simply places to eat
in and sleep in, and then to get out of as
soon as possible. They are not homes at
all. The French don't have any homes,
and they don't want any. The cafes are
good enough for them, or the theatres or
balls or anything at all outside. The re-
suit is that they have built the most
splendid and beautiful city that the world
can show, when you look only at the
outside, but they have left the inside, the
particular place where an American
wants to live comfortably, at least a hun
dred years behind the times.-New York
SIM
, 1887-08-12

Through our guide we told the head
executioner that we wished to see the in
struments of his calling, and %thereupon
he produced a short, very heavy, two
handled sword, and a long knife. We
naturally put the question, "How do you
use this sword? Where is the block?''
1--WE don't use a block. We make the
prisoners kneel in two rows facing one
another and bending their heads down.
Then / take the sword and chop one on
each side, and the heads fall off: so on,
till they're all done, as you'd switch the
top off green weeds with your walking
stick"
but you don't always chop a heaG
off with one blow?"
always"
"What is the knife for?"
$50 the ling che, or death by many
cuts We tie the culprit who is con
demned to this death to n cross, and we
commence by cutting off the eyelids,
ears, nose, and so on, ending by sticking
the knife into the heart. The cuts vary
in number from 8 to 100, according to
the Nervousness of the culprit's crime"
How many persons have you exc
cuted in n day?"
81 have chopped twenty heads off in
two minutes"
Gentlemen give twenty cents each
c~umshaw" Ia synonym for the Egyptian
basheesh) ito the executioners, " said the
guide, which we gladly did, to escape
the staring of the head butchers eye,
which had a villainous cast; and so
ended our interview with these high
executioners of the great Chinese empire.
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1887-08-12

Owners of grounds at the Pearl Islands,
in this bay, and which islands have been
unproductive since the pearl yielding
oysters died Off, might take u hint from
the Chinese, who practice oyster culture
to a considerable extent, and whose bam-
boo oyster fields are prepared far more
carefully than a field for the growth Of
the sugar cane. Holes are bored in old
oyster shells, and these are stuck on pieces
of split bamboo about two feet III length,
which are then planted quite close to-
gether on mud flats, between high and
low water mark, but subject to strong
and tidal currents. These are supposed
to bring the oyster spat, which adheres
TO the old shell and shortly develops into
tiny oysters. Then the bamboos are trans
planted and set some inches apart, until
within six months of the first planting
they are found to be covered with well
grown oysters. which are then collected for
the market.-Panama Star and Herald.
, 1887-08-12

In persistent hemorrhage from the
nasal cavity, plugging the posterior mares
should not be done until an attempt has
beer made to check the hemorrhage by
firmly grasping the nose with the finger
and thumb, SO as completely to prevent
the G from passing through the cavity
in the act of breathing. This simple
means, if persistently tried, will, in
many cases, arrest the bleeding. The
hemorrhage persists because the clot
which forms at the rupture in the blood
vessel is displaced by the air being drawn
forcibly through the cavity in the attempt
of the patient to clear the nostrils. If
this air is prevented from passing through
the cavity, the clot consolidates in posi-
ton and the hemorrhage is checked
Demorest's Magazine.
, 1887-08-12
. ew YoRk COTTON EXCHANGE.
arene In the Trading Room at the Open
ing Hour-BeginnIng of bidding.

acene ia the Trading Room Mt the Open
ing Hour-BeginnIng of Bidding.
Bangl bang! bangI
1t sounds something like a bull in a
china shop, but it is only the gong at the
Cotton Exchange announcing the opening
of business at 10 o'clock, and the next
instant a ford complexioned man, wear
ing eyeglasses, standing in the rostrum,
gives two sharp raps with a gavel, and
Immediately begins the first call. A
large crowd gathers about the rostrum,
and the man with the gavel calls off the
list of options, beginning with July and
running about a year ahead, while the
brokers shout their bids or asking prices,
converting the exchange into a bedlam.
The man who rides in a speculative
whirlwind and directs the commercial
storm from his position on the rostrum is
Superintendent E. R. Powers. Occasion
ally a dispute arises among the brokers
as to who bought or sold a given nun
ured bales of cotton or more, and Mr..
Powers settles it at once. and the call rat
ties on again amid a loud, confused bab-
BILE of noise that would astonish a Hot
tentot. When the pressure of his other
duties prevents him from presiding at
the call, Mr.. @. C. Schuster, his assistant,
gives the signal for the hurly burly to
begin, and distinguishes bids and offers
which appear to be written in Russian
Sanskrit or Chocktaw.
When the call is over the members
gather around the brass ring in the pit
formed by a mimic amphitheatre, con-
sisting of three broad steps, and then the
trouble begins again. The Liverpool
market, according to the cable dispatches
on n bulletin board, has advanced several
''points"-that is, 1854 of a penny in
English money, or 6-100ths of a cent q
pound in our money-and the shorts are
disposed to cover while others are ready
to buy for long accounts. One broker
leans far over the brass ring which keeps
the brokers from tearing one another to
pieces n shouts: "In give 20 for five
September" He mean that he will give
9.70 cents for 500 bales for delivery in
that month. AS he shouts this out till he
grows red in the face he hourishes his
hand like Magician Heller performing a
sleight of hand trick. Another, with the
veins in his neck swelling till they seem
likely to burst, roars: "I'n sell August
at g." meaning 1926 cents.
Another shouts: "Iu give 5 for
August, y meaning he will give 1925 for
100 bales. "Sold!' shouts a broker.
This bid is repeated by the same broker,
who seems to have blood in his eye and
to be eager for the fray. ''Soldl' shouts
another, and then there is a hasty scrib-
bling in note books to record the %transac-
ton. Whats bid for Sep?" shouts a
broker in a striped %seersucker coat, mean
ing by Sep the month of September.
He is answered by n roar that seems
enough to stop the clock outside, but de-
clines to buy at the price asked. he is a
bear and thinks the bulls are anxious to
sell.-New York Mail and Express.
, 1887-08-12

A BosToN paper recently intimated
that Mr.. Potter is in training for the
presidential shoes of Charles Francis
Adams. The paper referred to is an
authority on railroad matters, and this
intimation is regarded not only as reliable
but semi official. 1t is known that Mr..
Adams desires to retire from the presi-
dency at an early day, and hat he will
be succeeded by Mr.. Potter is very likely.
Mr.. Potter has a contract for one year
with the Union Pacific. When that con-
tract expires he will in all probability be
made president OF the Union Pacific and
also president of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company.
, 1887-08-12
lConcluded from first paae.l

take my child, . a babe, which he imme
diately did, and leaving it in as safe a
place as could be found, went into the car
and found the mother, Mrs. Neal of
Mossville, just dead. The scene in the
cars was beyond description. One young
child was found fastened near the roof of
the car, head down, where in the jam and
conclusion it had been thrown and was
dead when taken down. Others were
found in all conceivable shapes, all thrown
off their seats, piled in the end ofthe
aisle of the cars, bleeding from gashes in
the faces, arms and other portions of the
body.
, 1887-08-12
BREvITIEs.

Pleuro pneumonia has been discovered
in Kings cattle yard, Detroit, and quar-
an:ine will be established.
The Chicago wheat market closed
frmer yesterday. Cash 81 TIC; Sep
TENDER 60 GIG, October II 5-l6.
Governor Adams, of Colorado, yester-
day wired President and Mrs. Cleveland
an invitation to visit Denver while on his
western and southern trip.
At the races of the Cleveland bicycle
club yesterday w. A. Rowe, Of Lynn,
Mass, the worlds champion, made the
fastest mile ever rode in America on a
quarter mile track. Time 2:30l.
, 1887-08-12

As regards accuracy of detail, Ben
Hur" stands in the front rank of histori-
cal novels. A curious slip, however, oc-
ours at The beginning of book 3, where
the author speaks of the t~raveler in the
year "a being able to see the smoking
cone of Nesuvius. 1t was not till 10 A. d.
that Vesuvips again became active. Since
that period Nesuvius has undergone great
changes. 1t is probably higher now than
ever before. Indeed from 1s45 to 1868
it is said to have increased in height over
200 feet .-Chicago Herald.
, 1887-08-12
Explosion of Giant Powder.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE giant
powder works located at West Berkeley
six miles from this city, across San
Francisco bay, exploded at . o'clock this
afternoon. The force of the explosion
was such that all windows along the
battery front in this city were
smashed and buildings through
out the entire business portion
of the city quivered to an extent that it
was believed the city had sustained a
heavy earthquake shock. One Chinaman
was fatally hurt and four white men and
six Cinnamon we're severely injured.
, 1887-08-12
JNO. F. CARROLL, EdrtOr

w. A RICHARDS, of Buffalo, tells the
Omaha Republican that the cattle losses
in johnson county last year footed up so
per cent. Nevertheless the stockmen are
not discouraged, but are shipping cattle in
to replenish their herds, and will 60
right along with undiminished courage.
The cause Of the mortality among cattle
was the deep snow and the fact hat the
ranges were in poor condition, having
been overstocked the year before. John
son county, Mr.. Richards says, is not
merely a cattle range, but embraces q
large area of as rich agricultural land as
can be found anywhere in the West.
Much of this land is being occupied for
small farms.
, 1887-08-12

IT Is said that one clerk is kept con-
stantly busy at the white house asserting
and filing invitations received by the pres
ident from every %pretentious town in the
South and West. For his proposed our
the president will allow himself not more
than thirty days. He does not now ex-
pect to come farther West than Kansas
City or go farther South than Atlanta.
, 1887-08-12

Occidental statisticians have long been
accustomed for some reason to regard
with doubt the periodical reports CON
corning the population of China, but in
asmuch as the Chinese law requires every
householder to hang at his front door a
list of the inmates of his house, it seems
as though ii ought to be easy TO make an
accurate census. By one which the Off
Gals of the empire have recently afforded
the population is 450, 900, OO0.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
, 1887-08-12

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands, chilDlains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-12

are often too i'll to labor, but they havn't
time to take medicine and lay off. Sim
mons Liver Regulator can be taken with
out causing any loss of time, and the sys-
tenn will be built up and invigorated by it.
1t has no equal as a preparatory medicine,
and can be safely used when a doctor.can
not be called in. In all common'diseases
it will, unassisted by any other medicine,
effect a speedy cure.
, 1887-08-12

CHICAGO, Aug. II. Misunderstanding,
10000; market steady; shipping steers,
81. 90(d4.75; stockers and feeders. $l.20
@3.O0; Texas cattle, firm ati$l. S0C93. 80;
Wyoming Texans, $500; Wyoming ma
tives, 81. Us.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market steady;
natives, 81. 75(94.l5; Western, 5000
$50; Texans, 81. 00(03. 65.
, 1887-08-12

The young woman who read the essay
at graduation upon 1.-THE stern duties of
life upon which we are about entering
was last seen in the hammock reading a
Seaside novel, while her mother was
washing the dinner dishes in the hot
kitchen.-Boston Transcript.
, 1887-08-12

HENRY w. RoTHERT, who a few years
ago was register of the United States land
Office in this city, has Just been chosen
superintendent of the deaf and dumb in
stitute at Council Bluffs, la. Mr.. Roth
ert is himself the parent of n mute boy,
which fact probably underlies his selec-
ton. The ex-register at present holds a
place in the city of Keokuk.
, 1887-08-12

Back in the little city after the dead
had been cleared from the floor of the
schoolhouse and the weary Samaritans
were arranging for watches during the
night at the bedsides elsewhere, the coro-
ner's inquest was begun. The superin-
tendent of the road and his assistant were
sworn, but before any material facts were
reached an adjournment was taken till
IN mnrrnp
, 1887-08-12

West Virginia is the latest claimant for
honors as a gold field. A deposit in
which the rock is said to show ten ounce
to the ton is said to nave been discovered
some miles from Wheeling.
, 1887-08-12
INC EdItorIaI sans srread.
IDel Rio Tex Record

Last week we gave our readers such a
paper as we would like to print. This
week we give you just such a paper as
our patronage justifies. When business
looks up a little we will again lead the
Won
, 1887-08-12
PITH IN PARAGRAPHS.


The sun that causes the most sun
strokes rises with the bartender and sets
with the chandelier over the bar.
, 1887-08-12
Knows His Business.


In laying in u supply of pauper labor
clothes while soiourning ina free trade
land Brother Blaine again illustrates the
famous assertion that he is no deadhead.
, 1887-08-12

No wonder there was an earthquake in
Kentucky. The very suggestion OF n
Democratic defeat was enough to make
the unaccustomed hills rumble and %clattor.
, 1887-08-12
No Time to be Discouraged.

TVVIFNT WVNIWNI1T
1T is hard to die pathetically re-
marks a poet. We know it is, but we
trust that for the good of the public, our
poetic friend will keep up the effort.
, 1887-08-12

Do you suffer from scrofula, salt rheum,
or other humors2 Take Hoods S~arsapa-
rilla, the great blood purifier. 100 doses 81
, 1887-08-12
BLACK HILLS STAGE
AM EXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Chugwater daily (excepl
Sundays) on arrival of the G. & n.
train, touching Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago Il Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter.
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.),
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Suoarish and Deadwood.
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
tw~enty-four hours.
The U. S. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the com
fort Of passengers.
, 1887-08-12

Entered at he Pos, oCIoe, Cheyenne, RVO-
ming, for irdusniSFfon through ne pInfE rs
second cldSS matter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-09

guns ana ornaments OF every deserin-
hon, While San Francisco Is without a
single gun that can be fred with safety
with the present charges Of powder and
modern projectiles.
Favorable endorsement ia also g;vs,
to the acknowledgements recommends.
tion that the present strength Of the army
be increased by 5000 men, and particular
attention IL called to importance Of in.
crease OF the artillery service, and also
certain changes in the present oreaniza.
ton OF artillery regiments.
The secretary suggests that the nun.
Der OF court martial trials can be much
reduced II provision be made for punish.
ment oil minor offenses without summon.
ing conrt martial, as indicated in the an.
nual report OF Sc.
Inc secretary renews his recommend
alton in regard to the enactment Of laws
Tor punishment Of civilian witnesses whe
refuse to testify, for authority to securt
the assistance of civilians and poIics
officers in arresting and holding desert
ers, and Tor revision Of the articles OF wa
which have remained unaltered here
while in England and elsewhere the mil
ltary codes have been modified ia ac
cordance with the requirements Of mod
ern times.
The secretary recommends legisIatio,
regulating and making uniform punish
ment that may be inflicted by cour
martials, defining the application of tn,
statute OF limitations in the case of de
serters, and fixing the liability OF miner
to military jurisdiction after enlistment
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-, Immediate consideration the
de Union as shown in the pres
alton OF our treasury, and our
6scal situation, upon which
lament OF our safety and pros
y Sooends. The reports Of the
ny !, aepartments, which will be sub
oontain full and explicit informa-
touching the transactions OF the
lDioess intrusted to them and such re-
"ordations relating to legislation in
..ahlie interest as they deem adyis-
ask for these reports and recon-
,..,ons the deliberate examination
.at;on Of the legislative banch OF the
rsore are other subjects not embraced
,bs departmental reports demanding
1.-two consideration, and which
I''nld be glad to submit. Some o
4 - however, have been earnestly pre-
5suted in previous messages, and as t.
A - + beg leave to repeat prior recon-
bendalions'
4 !. ,be law makes no provision for an.
~ from the department of state,
4 "a history Of the transactions of tina
n,ortant department, together will
,,tars which it may hereafter b.
L.,med essential to commend to the at
.oton Of congress, may furnish the DC
10, for a future communication.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Washington. D. G. Dec. 6, 1887.
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The reports of the penitentiary brt~H4fug
commissioners and the superintendent of
that instilu ion will exhibit the matters OF
which they treat. Detailed statements are
furnished in regard to the cost of the new
bindings at Waila WallA aud estimates
for further improvements are submitted
Laws creating offices for the institution
and rules for its government Will nave TO
he formulated at this session, as at present
they only exist by virtue OF an executive
order under co'or Of law.
The prison has Essen supportSs non' 'Ae
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-13

BOU-AIE NNIUIITIUUdIIUI ItdNIN ItIVHIHOHt
5:l5 pint: arrive Richmond SAl amt
Mixed Train leaves Manchester GAO am for
Burkevillc. stopping at intermediate stations (;
arrives Manchester $40 PINT.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ROUTE
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER
2lsT. 1856.

LEAVE RICHMOND:
S:45 am For Newport News, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk, daily except Sun
day. .
lilo am Through and Local Mail to all
points West. Sleepers from Clifton
Forge to Huntington, except Sun
day.
$40 pm For Newport's News, Old Point and
Norfolk. Except Sunday.
400 pm Charlottesville accommodation.
Except Sunday.
6:25 pm For Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago,
st. Louis, Memphis, and New Or
leans. Fast Express, with through
Pullmans Daily. Only route rum
ming Pullmans West from Rich
mond.
SUNDAY EXCURSION
to Newport News and Old Point at
Sam.
ARRIVE RICHMOND:
$40 am Charlottesville accommodation.
Hos am From Norfolk, Old Point, and
Newport News, except Sunday.
3:05 pm From Local points and the west
daily except Sunday.
6:l0 pm From Norfolk. Old Point, and New
port News, daily except Sunday.
$50 pm From Louisville and Cincinnati
Fast Express daily.
Sunday excursion train from Old
Point and Newport News arrives In
Richmond at 6:l5 pm.
Depot Seventeenth and Broad streets.
T~icket-ofices: 1000 Main street and depot.
Fl. W. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
WM. c. WIcKHAx, Second ice-Prssident.
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A TLANTIC COAST LINE.
RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAIL,
ROAD TIME TABLE.
" Commencing MONDAY, December 70, 1885,
trains on this road will run as follows:
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
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FREIGHT RATES AS LOW AS VA
OTHER LINES.

Special low freight contracts will be made
upon application. Shippers desiring TO take
advantage of these cheap rates between New
York, Philadelphia and Richmond will b
careful to direct goods to be sent via the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad,
Cape-Charies route, and shipped from New
York from Pennsylvania railroad. new Pies
q; from Philadelphia from Dock-street sta
ton, and Richmond from company's wharf
Rockets.
For further information apply to r. Z
BAKER, Agent, Richmond.
H.W. DUNE, Superintendent.
r. B. Cooke, General Passenger and
Freight Agent, Richmond, Va, and Norfolk,
Va &C 81
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Sol. HAAS, IrllIc MiIIldHtf.
l.. b. THOMAS. General hiauascr. jas
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-13

DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
IL AND POTOMAC RAILROD.-ScheduIe
commencing NOVEMBER %, 1885, eastern
standard time:
100 am. leaves Byrd-street station daily: stops
only at Ashland Junction, Milford.
and Fredericksburg. Sleeper To
Washington. Leaves Washington for
New York at 1ls2O am.
11:07 am. leaves Byrd-strect station daily, ex-
cept Sunday. Leaves Washington for
New York at 40 PM, also by limited
at $50 pun.
$50 pm. leaves Byrd-street station daily
Sleeper 10 New York.
1923 am. arrives at Byrd-street station daily
Sleeper from New York.
2:39 pm. arrives at Byrd-street station daily
stops at Fredericksburg, Milford, aud
Junction. Sleeper from Washington.
9:l5 pm. arrives at Byrd-street station daily.
except Sunday.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
400 pm. accommodation leaves broad street
station arrives mt Ashland at 3 pm.
6:0i pm. leaves Elba arrives at Ashland at
6:ii pm.
CTS am. arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland at
5:2f am.
$3.50 am. accommodation. arrives at Broad
street station; leaves Ashland at 3
am.
$50 pm. arrives at Elba: leaves Ashland at
5:l2 pm.
Il. 7. ID. MYERS, General superintendent.
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Happy Thought.

When Christmas falls on Saturday,
The man who celebrates has Sunday
To sober of. and therefore may
Set to hs work all right on Monday.
Boston Courier.
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fDaily except sunday.
Parlor and Sleeping Cars between Bristol
and Norfolk on Trains Nos. | and 2.
CONNECTIONS.
Leave Norfork $50 am daily with
through car to Richmond, and $50 pm
daily. Arrive Richmond 1880 pm daily and
$40 pm daily. except Sunday.
Leave Richmond gia X. d p. r. r. at 1880
am daily, connecting with No 3 west bound
at Petersburg, for all points Oh line Of n. q
w. Il. r.
Leave Richmond at 11:30a am daily, and 6:3a
pm daily, except Sunday, with through car
to Norfolk, arriving at Norfolk 3:l0pm daily,
and 1000 pm daily.
All inquiries as 10 rates, routes. etc.
promptly answered.
If you are going to travel, drop a letter or
postal to Allen Hull, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Roanoke, Va.
CHARLES G.. EDDY,
Vice-President.
w. b. BEVILL,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
General office. Roanoke, Va. &C u